Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs TITAN Xp

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking57not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.07no data
Power efficiency14.04no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP102no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384016
Core clock speed1405 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate379.7no data
Floating-point processing power12.15 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs240no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1426 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth547.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 2400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between TITAN Xp and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that TITAN Xp is a desktop card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA TITAN Xp
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